Dough kneading and cutting machine



Nov. 10, 1936. E. MUEHL 2,050,236

I DOUGH KNEADING AND CUTTING MACHINE Filed Feb. 8, 1955 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 10, 1936 2,060,236

UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE,

DOUGH KNEADING AND CUTTING MACHINE Ernest L. Muehl, Detroit, Mich.

Application February 8, 1935, Serial No. 5,542

Claims. (01. 10712) The present invention pertains to a machine for 6 and an arcuate wall I is attached to the plate kneading and cutting noodles. by removable securing elements 8, the latter be- The primary object of the invention is to proing passed through suitable apertures in the plate vide a machine for receiving dough, for kneading 4 into screwthreaded bores in the wall. 5. The the same, and for cutting the dough into thin Wall 5, as more clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5 is 5' strips. This is accomplished by providing a pair relatively thick Where it contacts with the plate of rollers in spaced apart relation with manual 4, the thickened part being designated 9.

means for rotating the same. The rollers are Extending inwardly from the side walls 5 and supported in a housing which is constructed so 6 are spaced apart lugs In providing a support for 10 that dough may be placed therein whereby rotaa removable wall I I. The lower end of the wall I I tion of the rollers causes the dough to pass beis provided with spaced apart prongs I2 which tween the rollers and be compressed thereby. By overlap the edge of wall I to support the lower end repeatedly passing the dough between the rollers of the wall II with its upper end between respecthe dough becomes kneaded. On one of the rollers tive pairs of lugs Ill. The wall II is of arcuate is provided a series of knives or cutters which form so that when it is assembled, as shown inFig. 5'

Contact with the other roller so that as the dough I, it combines with wall I in completing a housis compressed it is also cut into strips. ing of substantially semi-circular form when Another object of the invention is to provide a viewed in cross section. To remove the wall II- novel form of stripping means, in a machine of it is moved, by manual pressure, to withdraw the the character set forth, for preventing the adheprongs I2 from engagement with wall I, at which 20 sion of the dough to the rollers. time the upper end of the wall may be slipped Another and important object of the invention downwardly from between the pairs of lugs I0. is to provide, in a machine set forth above, a con- In the plate 6 there is provided bearings I3 and struction which provides for rapid dis-assembly I I and in the wall 6 are formed bearings I5 and for the purpose of cleaning the same. With this I6, the latter being coaxial with bearings I3 and 25 object in view the machine is constructed so that I4 respectively. In the wall 5, co-axial with bearthe supporting means, the rollers, the housing for ings I3-I5 and I4I6 respectively are openings receiving the dough, and the stripping means may I! and I8. A shaft I9 has one end extending be easily taken apart for the purpose of washing through bearing I3 and its other end received in or sterilizing the same. In this connection it is the bearings I 5. On the shaft I9, between the 30 another object to provideasimple arrangement of walls 5 and 6, is a roller 20, the latter being parts so that they may be readily assembled by formed integral thereon or secured against rotaunskilled persons so as to adapt the device for tion relative thereto. Formed integral with the domestic use. shaft I9, or secured against rotation thereon, is

With the above and other ends in view the ina gear 2!, the latter being disposed on the shaft 35 vention consists in matters hereinafter set forth so that it is received within the opening II. On and more particularly pointed out with reference the outwardly extending end of shaft I9 is proto the accompanying drawing, in which vided a crank 22 by means of which shaft I 9 may Figure 1 is a side elevation; be manually rotated. Fig. 2 is an elevation with the operating handle A shaft 23 has its opposite ends rotatably re- 40 removed; ceived in the bearings I4 and I 6 and on this shaft, Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections taken on lines between the walls 5 and 6, is formed or integrally 3-3 and 4-4 respectively of Fig. 1; secured a. roller 24. The roller 24 is of a diameter Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section; providing a slight space between the periphery Figs. 6 and 7 are elevations of a detail, and thereof and the periphery of the roller 20. On 45 Fig. 8 is a fragmentary cross section illustrating the roller 24 are a series of spaced apart circuma detail. ferentially extending ridges 25 whose peripheries Like characters of reference are employed contact with the roller 20 so that these ridges act throughout to designate corresponding parts. as knives or cutters as-will hereinafter appear. 5 The device comprises a supporting bracket I Also secured to the shaft 23, or formed integral formed with a lug 2 and supporting an adjustable therewith, is a gear 26, received in the opening I8 screw 3, the lug 2 and screw 3 providing means and meshing with the gear 2|. for clamping the bracket on a table or the like. Extending transversely between the walls 5 and At the top of the bracket I is formed an integral 6 is a rigid element 21 which cooperates with rollplate 4. A housing comprised of side walls 5 and er 20 in supporting a stripper element 28. The 55 stripper element comprises a sheet of spring metal bent into substantially cylindrical form so that its edges resiliently engage the periphery of the roller 20. The stripper is bent to provide a lengthwise extending groove 30, the side walls of which are spaced apart for the reception of the element 21. When the roller is assembled in place it prevents removal of the stripper from the rigid element 21.

On the wall 1, beneath roller 24, is provided a ridge SI and a stripper element 32 is provided with a lengthwise extending groove 33 whose side walls are spaced apart to receive the ridge 3|. The stripper 32 is likewise formed of a sheet of spring metal and is provided with a series of spaced apart fingers 34 which engage the roller 24 between the cutters 25. The stripper 32 is maintained on the ridge 3| by the roller 24.

In operation, noodle dough formed of wheat flour and eggs, for example, is placed in the housing and the crank 22 is rotated to cause rotation of rollers 20 and 24. As the rollers rotate the dough is passed between the same and is compressed and cut into thin strips. By repeatedly passing the same dough between the rollers it will become thoroughly kneaded and after it has become thoroughly kneaded it will remain in strips and is in condition for baking.

In order to exclude the dough from the gears the rollers 20 and 24 have a reduced diameter portion 35 forming a groove between the rollers and their respective gears. When the rollers are assembled in the housing a small plate 36 having semi-circular recesses 31 of a radius the same as the radius of the portion 35 is inserted between the rollers so that the edges of the recess fit into the groove between the gears and rollers. The plate 36 prevents the dough which is compressed between the rollers from contacting with the meshing portions of the gears.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described it will be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the scope of the appended claims, and such changes are contemplated.

What I claim is:-

1. In a device of the character described, a housing having side walls, one of said side walls having a pair of spaced apart bearings, the other of said side walls having an opening therein, rollers having spindles at opposite ends thereof, the spindles at one end of said rollers being received in said bearings and the spindles at the opposite ends extending through said opening, a supporting bracket, said bracket having an extended portion provided with bearings, and removable means for securing said bracket to said housing with the other spindles in said bearings in said extended portion.

2. In a device of the character described, a housing having side walls, one of said side walls having a pair of spaced apart bearings, the other of said side walls having an opening therein, a pair of rollers having axle spindles at opposite ends thereof, the spindles at one end of said rollers being received in said spaced apart bearings, gears on the spindles at the other ends of said rollers and meshing one with the other, said gears being disposed within the opening in said other sidewall, a supporting bracket, said bracket having a portion adapted to extend over said opening, and provided with bearings, and movable means for attaching said bracket to said housing with the other of said spindles extending into said bearings in said portion of said bracket.

3. In a device of the character described, a housing having parallel side walls of substantially semi-circular outline, rollers rotatably supported in said side walls, an arcuate end wall uniting said side walls from the top edge thereof to a point located substantially beneath said rollers, lugs formed on said side walls and an arcuate end wall loosely extending between said lugs and having its end supported on the end of the other side wall which terminates beneath said rollers.

4. In a device of the character described, a housing having side walls, rollers rotatably supported with respect to said side walls, intermeshing gears on said rollers, said gears being disposed in a recess in one of said side walls, said rollers having circumferential extending grooves, and a plate having recesses fitting into said grooves and providing a barrier between the interior of said housing and said gears.

5. In a device of the character described, a housing having side walls, rollers rotatably supported with respect to said side walls, and a stripper cooperating with at least one of said rollers, said stripper comprising a sheet of spring metal bent into substantially cylindrical form, said cylindrical form having a lengthwise extending groove and a stationary element extending between said side walls and received in said groove, said stationary element being positioned to maintain engagement between the inner periphery of the wall portion forming said groove and one of said rollers to maintain said stripper with its edges contacting with the periphery of said roller.

ERNEST L. MUEHL. 

